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A dead man’s cakewalk

While we’re at it, the cakewalk – ragtime’s close relative – makes an appearance in a relatively well-known poem by Nikolai Zabolotsky, The Signs of the Zodiac Are Fading, first published in 1929: Fat-bottomed mermaidsAre flying away straight into the sky,Arms sturdy like sticks,Breasts round likeā€¦